PMO to speed up stalled big-ticket projects

19 Dec 2014 Evaluate

With an aim to revive stalled investments in the economy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has decided to shift the Project Monitoring Group (PMG) from the cabinet secretariat to the Prime Minister's Office. Narendra Modi has taken the decision with a view to lend more weight to the government's efforts of reviving the investment cycle. The PMO will now directly oversee all the project clearances, which will impart a greater degree of efficiency and also ensure that clearances are fast tracked at every level. Further, the move could help firms planning for coal, power, steel and infrastructure projects to cut through a maze of up to 180 clearances.

The PMG was set up in July 2013 by the previous Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Govt to help facilitate outstanding clearances that were holding up large investments across sectors. Till now, the group has estimated to resolve various hurdles blocking investments of Rs 7 lakh crore out of nearly 500 projects worth Rs 25 lakh crore.

During the recent weeks, Prime Minister has been facing criticism over its slow decision process to spur investment and re-energise the economy. Indian Industrial output hit a three-year low at -4.2% in October, led by a de-growth in manufacturing sector. Though, industry is upbeat about the new government installed this May. The cumulative growth for the period April-October 2014-15 over the corresponding period of the previous year stood at 1.9%.

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